Forum: Fight for traditional marriage

It has been suggested that the recent and broad acceptance of same-gender marriage has been like a “tsunami,” albeit a social one.

Indeed, the passing of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 was thought to be a bedrock defense of marriage between one man and one woman. Yet, politicians and leaders of nearly ever stripe have wilted in the face of a media- and judicially-dominated tide of the new morality. No one wants to be thought of as judgmental or prejudicial.

A tsunami, in a physical sense, is a force of great energy and instigates extraordinary destruction. It can cause the death of thousands or millions of people. Likewise, in a social sense it can cause havoc and destruction to social norms, in this instance the deeply-rooted value of marriage between one man and one woman.

This sacred belief in the accurate definition of marriage has been confirmed in generation after generation in civilized societies. Spiritual leaders in major religious groupings have stood firm in acknowledging that true marriage is between one man and one woman.

A new and rootless standard of marriage forms a terrible loss for decency as new and faulty thinking erodes the foundation for a stable and enduring moral code. One wonders that if the “new” marriage expands beyond one man and one woman, what is next? Could three persons be married, or four? Is polygamy next?

It is not time to wilt! It is time to repair and rebuild the correct definition of marriage.